Second Death
What's a nice guy like Mark doing with a life like this? Thepressures of his library job are driving him crazy. His father's attemptedsuicide multiple times--and now he claims it's because of some curse on theirfamily. His sister backs it up with accounts of disturbing deaths of pastrelatives. His wife's nagging him to see a psychiatrist--or worse, her psychiccounselor ex-boyfriend--about the (admittedly) alarming blackouts he's beenhaving. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the accompanying visionof desperately charging through a Southern forest pursued by Yankeebushwhackers. Curses and visions aren't real. And they certainly don't happento a nice, normal guy like Mark. Do they?
SylviaDee wholeheartedly believes in the curse. With the assistance of her seductively beautiful ward Victoria and herpsychically vicious henchman, she monitors and manipulates its effects. By the end of the month Mark will be joinedwith Victoriain a terrifying ritual, culminating Sylvia’s century-long quest for the powerof Isis and Osiris.
Thepower over life and death.
The Story Behind This Book
I conceived of the idea for this book during physical therapy after a fall at work. I had to lie for 20 minutes at a time with electrical stimulation on my injured shoulder. Somehow the image popped in my mind of a Confederate soldier being pursued through the woods as he struggled to get back home to his sick wife. As a librarian, I had access to a wide variety of research sources. I took this kernel of an idea and spun it into this tale of a man whose family is cursed, and the strange visions he experiences that lead him to the truth about his ancestors.
